During fifth century Gaul was struggling with barbarian tribes, which threatened the Roman order. Sidonius Apollinaris, as a representative of local aristocracy and bishop, believed that there was possibility to protect at least part of Roman traditions from their disappearance. He saw the chance for keeping them in bringing up the next generations. In his letters there are many examples of how a model Roman aristocrat should look like. This article analyzes fragments from Sidonius’ letters, which are connected with the goals of upbringing: being inspired by right people, education, caring of beautiful and correct latin language, caring of family name and creating social bonds. On their basis, a catalog of values, which were a hope for continuity of Roman life in restless times, was created.
The article presents a short history of the Museum of Toys and Play in Kielce since itsestablishment in 1979 until present times. Moreover, attempts have been taken to demonstrate how functioning of this institution changed over the years. It has been shown that - apart from the fundamental activity concerning: the acquisition, description and presentation of the exhibits - the Museum fulfils a number of other functions. Information has been revealed regarding the unique character and originality of the museum collections. The questions of collectorship, co-operation with Polish and foreign museums and scholarly institutions in Poland have been dealt with. A new image of the Museum of Toys and Play, which was created after moving the institution to the new building was noticed, as well as its development and a multi-faceted character. Also, it wasn’t left unnoticed that the museum occupies now an important place on the map of Kielce.
This article presents the findings of a study concerning the use of the social media platform, Facebook, by local politicians to express their opinion on national political disputes. The analysis covered entries published by local politicians from the Silesian municipal boroughs, on their accounts over a period of 16 months, from the day of the parliamentary elections in 2015. The study revealed, among other data, that the fact and frequency of publishing posts concerning political disputes in social media depends on whether the local politician is a councillor or a president of the municipality and whether he/she is a representative of a main political party or not. The analyses also showed that nearly 80% of entries on national political disputes have a different author than the person who publishes the posts, and local politicians merely share posts made available by other people.
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